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J. T. LYNCH.

PIN FOR NBGKWEAR SHIELDS.

Patented Apr.3,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN r. LYNCH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIN FOR NECK-WEAR SHIELDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,234, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed January 11, 1883. (No model.)

zen of the United States. residing at New York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Neck-WVear Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the combination of a yielding point-protector with the stationary pin with which the neckband of a neck scarf, tie, or other article of neck-wear engages, so that the operation of securing the neckband to the pin can be performed without danger of having ones finger pricked.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an inside view of a neckscarf provided with my point-protector. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the shield, the pin, and the point-protector on a larger scale than the previous fig- Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the shield, to which the pin B and the neck-scarf O are secured.

D is the neckband, the loose end of which, after having been passed around the neck, is fastened by the pin B.

If the point of the pin is unprotected, it is liable to prick the fingers of the person engaged in securing the end of the neckband. In order to avoid this disadvantage, I have applied to the pin 13 a point-protector, E, which is so constructed that it can yield in order to allow the point of the pin to penetrate the neckband if the proper force is applied.

In the example shown in the drawings the shank of the pin B is secured in a stationary position to the shield A by means of eyelets; but any other means for so fastening the pin may be employed.

l The point-protector, as represented in the drawings, is made in the form ofa spiral spring, which is placed loosely over the pin and secured thereto by compressing its inner coil into a recess, a, formed at the junction of the pin with its attaching-shank. By these means a very simple and efficient means is obtained for retaining the pointprotector in position. The outer portion of the point-protector is by preference wound closely. The point-protector may, however, be made in different forms and connected to the pin by other means than those shown in the drawings; but in all cases it is requisite that said protector shall be yielding to allow the same to recede whenever the neckband is to be secured to the pin while the said pin stands in its stationary position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a yielding point-protector with the immovably-attached pin, with which the neckband of a neck scarf, tie, or other article of neck-wear engages, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the immovably-attached pin, the shield, and the yielding point-protector.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the immovably-attached pin, the recess a, formed in the body of said pin, and the point-protector engaging with said recess.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN T. LYNCH. LL. s.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

